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Sunday, June 22, 2014

Book Review: Frenched By Melanie Harlow

Do you know how long it takes to plan the most perfect
wedding ever? Months, and honestly, Mia has been planning it her whole life.
The hand engraved invitations, a hand pieced $18,000 gown, 1500 imported roses
and the cover of Wedding Chic magazine, all are over the top perfect. One week
before the huge event, her fiancé TEXTS her a message from Las Vegas, calling
it off. That coward now leaving her to break the bad news to the caterer and
guests. She was so humiliated she didn’t want to show her face. So when her ex,
Tucker offered for her to still go on her dream trip to Paris without him, she
initially said no. Yes, Paris was on her list of places to go and she had lots
of lists. It helped Mia to relax, just jotting down various thoughts into a
list format. Her two best friends talked her into going anyway, an all-expenses
paid trip to Paris, on Tucker’s dime.

Upon arriving in Paris, Mia realizes she has made a grave
error in judgment. Alone in a large foreign city is nerve wracking enough but
there are couples in love everywhere. What has she done! She does not want to
see couples kissing, holding each other, it just makes her furious with Tucker
every time she sees someone happy and in love, yuck! Going into a small bar,
she is looking for an escape from the “happiness” everywhere. This will be her
last night in Paris, 24 hours is enough time to see the error of her ways. Not
seeing any couples kissing and overtly affectionate in front of her, she takes
a seat and orders a glass of wine. And then has a second and third. The
bartender Lucas, is appraising the situation and begins to unravel the reasons
Mia seems to be hating Paris. Lucas lives in the States half the year, working
as a Professor and the summers are spent in Paris, sometimes helping at his
brother’s bar. Offering to be her tour guide, he volunteers to show her around
the city. Mia takes him up on his offer and begins to see Paris in a whole new
way. After spending several days with Lucas, there is an attraction that Mia is
beginning to feel. But how can that be? She just had her wedding canceled a
week before but if she is honest with herself, the “spark” wasn’t there. But
there is a definite spark with Lucas. Will Mia be able to just live in the
moment, with no lists or plans? Enjoy her time remaining in Paris with this
carefree man or will the past ruin everything, again?

This book is fantastic! Great writing and very funny, 5
stars!! Great job.